Locomotive side frame.



0.4 E. LILLEY. I LOGOMOTIVE SIDE FRAME. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1913.

1,083,937., Patented Jan 13, 1914.

WITNESSES:

| ENTOR BY W ATTORNEY ii ti t ll To all whom 513M613! concern LILLEY, E HLUEJFIELD, VIRGINIA, .AQSIGNOR TO WESTINGHOUSE MANUFACTURING CQMPANY, A GGEPGRATIDN til PENNSYLVANIA.

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it known thst 1i, CHARLES liter-Er, a, citizen of the limited. States, and ai resident of Bluefield, in the county of Mercer end Steteof West- Virginia, have inyented at new and useful improvement in Locomo tive. Side Frames, oi'which the following is s specification.

- I My iuventionlreletes to electric locomotivesencl similar 'VElllQlES, and it hes special reference to side-frame costings for 10 eoiiiotives of the mining or industrial type. I

The object of my invention to provide a, locomotive side-frame casting which. shell be simple and inexpensive in. construction end shall be adapted for use with eitherinside or outside hung motors, or with motors hung in tandem.

In Patent No. 1,039,69l granted to the Westinghouse Electric ltlenufccturiug Company upon an epplicetioir tiled by Grithem Bright, a locomotive side frame ct somewhat similar construction is disclosed having a plurelity of integral binder members which may beselectively cut away to reside openings to receive the'zi'xle beerings of the driving motors, but in these side frames, although the wheel base may be varied in accordance with the types of mo tor-hangings which are employed, the steps in the changes of wheel. base are relatively large by reason of the spacing of the pedestel members and, moreover, the minimum wheel base that may be obtained with inside hung motors is excessive. for many operating conditions. I

It is'the purpose of my present invent on to provide a locomotive side'franie which may be adapted readily to various typeset motor-hangings, the Wheel base of which may be varied. by relatively small steps, whereby the former length of side frame may be materially reduced and the minimum wheel base for inside dung motors may be greatly shortened. Thus, lighter and more inexpensive side frames result, and. the ironies may be adapted for variety of service conditions.

Figure 1 of the eccoinpsuying drawing is it view in side elevation oi. o. hicmnotive side frame constructed in eccdrdsnce with my invention, portions of zvhich may bee-tit ewsy selectively to adept it for any dcslred type of motor-luuiging or wheel base. Fig. 2 is a side elevetion oi u side frame that is Specification of Blotters [ramification filed 25.2, 1913.

Patented al en, 13, 1914,.

serial lilo. recess,

adapted for inside hinig motors; Fig. 3 is a similar viewmt' side frame adopted for tandem-hung motors and t is s View similar to Figs, 2 end 3 adapted for outsidehung motors, the motors and wheels being shown in dotted lines in thelzist three figures. Referring to the drawing, the locomotive side frame shown comprises a centrally located longitudinal beam or girder 1, an upper parallel beam or girder :2 which is supported and trussed by means of a plurality of vertical bars 3, e lower beam or girder "1 disposed parallel to the girders 1 and 2 end embodying a plurality of binder sections 5 6, 7, 8, 9 end 10 which are supported and rigidly associated with the central girder 1 by means 61'? pedestal sections 11 to 18, in

elusive. End portions 19 end 20 also c0n stitute parts of the frame, in accordance with the usual practice.

14 and 15 to 18, which are symmetrically disposed on each side of the frame and are severally spaced, the one from the other, by openings 21 of substantially hall the width of an axle bearing 2'2, so that any pedestal section ll'to 18, together with its immediate adjacent binder portions 5 to 10 iney be cut sway to provide an opening of a size adapted to receive an axle bearing 22.

in Fig. 2,,pedestel sections 12,end 1.7 to gether with binder portions 5, 6, 9 and 10 are cut away to accommodate the frame to a plurality cl inside-hung motors 23, shown in dotted lines. Removable pedestal binders are employed in the usual manner to permit the removal of axle beer-lugs 22 and in strengthening the side frames.

in Fig. pedestal section 12 and edjsccnt binder portions 5 and 6 and also pedestal section 16 and binder portions 8 andi) are cut away to :wcoinmodste 2L pair of motors 27 hung in tandem, and in. Fig. i, outside, hum motors 96 are employed, the pedestal sec ons 13 and 16 with their adjacent binder portions 6, 7, t and 9 being removed.

By reason of the peculiar construction and arrangement of pedestal sections 11 to 18, it is clear that e variety of Wheel bases may be obtained. to accommodate any type oil. motor-mugging that is desired, and that the wheel base may be vuriedby reltitivcly snort steps which are substantially equal to half the width of the axle hearings, or half this general type.

less, by the full width of the axle bearing,

than is possible with other side frames of I do not Wish to be restricted to the specific arrangement and location of parts herein shown, as certain modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A locomotive side frame having symmetrically disposed openings on each side of the center provided with a plurality of pedestal sections, any one of which may be selectively removed to receive an axle bearmg. Y

2. A locomotiveside frame having a plurality of symmetrically disposed openings,

' rality of pedestal sections joined at their lower ends, any one of which together with the immediate adjacent lower portions may be selectively cut away to receive axle bearings for two inside-hung, outside-hung, or tandem-hung motors.

4. A locomotive side frame having a plurality of pedestal sections joined at their lower ends and spaced apart to provide a plurality of openings of substantially half substantially half the width of an axle bearing, the pedestal sections being adapted to be selectively cut away to receive axle bearings, whereby any one of a variety of wheel bases may be secured which difier in length by substantially halt the width of an axle bearing.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 17 day of May 1913. l V

. CHAS. E. LILLEY. Witnesses:

L. J. HOLLAND, 

